Talking about your miscarriage doesn’t make you ‘privileged’
After the writer Ariel Levy wrote about losing her baby, she was attacked for her ‘entitlement’ – but you don’t need to be hurting more than everyone in the world to say you’re suffering
What’s the best age to become a mother?
Studies suggest older mothers benefit by being more emotionally mature and financially stable. But there are health risks with waiting longer to have kids. So what’s the best balance?
Motherless mothers: the one I need to share all this weight of love is not here
Soon after discovering she was pregnant, the ITV newsreader Charlene White felt the pain of losing her mother all the more keenly
Less than half of women breastfeed after two months, survey finds
Poll for Public Health England reveals many feel embarrassed to feed their babies in front of strangers and family members
Pregnant women without legal status ‘too afraid to seek NHS care’
Growing number of women who fear being reported to Home Office or being hit with high bills are avoiding NHS, charities say
Pregnancy test’s alleged link to birth defects to be reviewed by UK regulator
Watchdog to examine new files found by campaigners while Primodos maker Bayer denies it caused abnormalities
How to parent without limitations
Foisting unnecessary fears on to our children can severely limit their futures, says Trevor Silvester
The Rules Do Not Apply by Ariel Levy review – a memoir of wanting too much
The New Yorker writer had a life that balanced domesticity with intellectual and sexual adventure. Then it fell apart
‘All my friends had some nightmare experience trying to get pregnant. My story took the cake’
At five months pregnant, Ariel Levy lost her baby. After four more years of IVF, had she left motherhood too late?
Horrible parents: a survival guide
Growing up with a difficult parent can be crushing. Is it possible to recover? Absolutely say the founders of a new website that helps people move on